Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Compiled test helpers in t/helper are out of sync with the .gitignore > files quite frequently. This can happen when new test helpers are added, > but the explicit .gitignore file is not updated in the same commit, or > when you forget to 'make clean' before checking out a different version > of git, as the different version may have a different explicit list of > test helpers to ignore. > > This can be fixed by using overly broad ignore patterns, such as ignoring > the whole directory via '//t/helper/*' in .gitignore. If we ignore everything but resurrect *.[ch] with negative exclude rules, can we do the same without moving things around?
